I agree with all of this. Stays can be too short. I was just wondering at what point they become too long.
I have ridden bikes with stays at 470 and over — eg, Trek 720, various other touring and a few cargo bikes — and for general use, I prefer shorter stays. Purely a feel thing, at 470 and above frames start to feel boat-y to me, I don’t like the wider turn radius, I feel little to no benefit beyond that length. In medium frames, for all around use, 440-450 feels perfect. To me. Maybe it’s simply what I am used to. In any case, riding frames with longer stays didn’t change my mind. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fd0aa008-63a7-4d3a-b2dc-2dc7059eab1b%40googlegroups.com.
